[Solved] Not saving properly

[cmitch77]

I can't get swriter to save properly. I have never had a problem before. All of a sudden when I try to save, it saves the file as a generic file. I usually save my documents as office documents so I can use them at school. This happens no matter what type of file I try to save the document as.

By generic I mean just a general file. The file properties labels it as a "file" instead of an "opendocument" or "worddocument." When I double click on the file, I have to choose a program to open it with. There is no option to "open with" when I right-click like there should be.

I have tried to both repair and re-install openoffice, neither works.

please help

p.s.
I just found that I can save properly by manually typing in the file extension, but it will not do it automatically as it should.

ok, that was simple, lol, thanx

[acknak]

Have you read the Forum Survival Guide?
What OS and OOo version are you using?

When you do File > Save, click the checkbox "Automatic file extension" = ON (checked) down at the bottom of the file dialog window.

[shirclo]

The same problem suddenly happened to me yesterday and thanks to the advice given, it is fixed.
Thank you very much.